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Chapter 14:
Command Line Configuration
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CONFIGURATION FROM THE COMMAND LINE
For those who prefer to configure their console server at the Linux command line level (rather than use a browser and the
Management Console), this chapter describes using command line access and the config tool to manage the console
server and configure the ports etc.
This config documentation in this chapter walks thru command line configuration to deliver the functions provided
otherwise using the Management Console GUI.
For advanced and custom configurations and for details using other tools and commands refer to the next chapter
When displaying a command, the convention used in the rest of this chapter is to use single quotes ('') for user defined
values (e.g. descriptions and names). Element values without single quotes must be typed exactly as shown.
After the initial section on accessing the config command the menu items in this document follow the same structure as
the menu items in the web GUI.
14.1 Accessing config from the command line
The console server runs a standard Linux kernel and embeds a suite of open source applications. So if you do not want to
use a browser and the Management Console tools, you are free to configure the console server and to manage
connected devices from the command line using standard Linux and Busybox commands and applications such as
ifconfig, gettyd, stty, powerman, nut etc . However without care these configurations may not withstand a power-cycle-
reset or reconfigure .
So Opengear provides a number of custom command line utilities and scripts to make it simple to configure the console
server and ensure the changes are stored in the console server 's flash memory etc.
In particular the config utility allows manipulation of the system configuration from the command line. With config a new
configuration can be activated by running the relevant configurator, which performs the action necessary to make the
configuration changes live.
To access config from the command line:

Power up the console server
and connect the “terminal” device:
o
If you are connecting using the serial line, plug a serial cable between the console server local DB-9 console
port and terminal device. Configure the serial connection of the terminal device you are using to 115200bps, 8
data bits, no parity and one stop bit
o
If you are connecting over the LAN then you will need to interconnect the Ethernet ports and direct your
terminal emulator program to the IP address of the console server (192.168.0.1 by default)

Log on to the console server
by pressing ‘return’ a few times. The
console server will request a username and
password. Enter the username root and the password default . You should now see the command line prompt
which is a hash (#)
This chapter is not intended to teach you Linux. We assume you already have a
certain level of understanding before you execute Linux kernel level commands.
The config tool
Syntax
config [ -ahv ] [ -d id ] [ -g id ] [ -p path ] [ -r configurator ] [ -s id=value ] [ -P id ]
Description